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    This document provides the schedule for an ENG 101.147 course titled "Education and Enlightenment" over 15 weeks. It lists the topics, assigned readings, and assignments due for each week. The course covers topics such as Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", works by Malcolm X, Amy Tan, and Thoreau, as well as discussions of social class, education, advertising, gender, and race. Students will write 4 formal essays over the course of the semester and have drafts and peer reviews due before the formal essays. The semester culminates with an in-class practice exam and the departmental final exam during the last two weeks.

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    This document provides the schedule for an ENG 101.147 course titled "Education and Enlightenment" over 15 weeks. It lists the topics, assigned readings, and assignments due for each week. The course covers topics such as Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", works by Malcolm X, Amy Tan, and Thoreau, as well as discussions of social class, education, advertising, gender, and race. Students will write 4 formal essays over the course of the semester and have drafts and peer reviews due before the formal essays. The semester culminates with an in-class practice exam and the departmental final exam during the last two weeks.

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    This document provides the schedule for an ENG 101.147 course titled "Education and Enlightenment" over 15 weeks. It lists the topics, assigned readings, and assignments due for each week. The course covers topics such as Plato's "Allegory of the Cave", works by Malcolm X, Amy Tan, and Thoreau, as well as discussions of social class, education, advertising, gender, and race. Students will write 4 formal essays over the course of the semester and have drafts and peer reviews due before the formal essays. The semester culminates with an in-class practice exam and the departmental final exam during the last two weeks.

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    SCHEDULE*

    ENG 101.147
    “Education and Enlightenment”
    Date Topics and Readings (All Readings Available on E-Reserve) Assignments Due
    Week 1
    Jan. 28 General Introductions In-class Writing
    What is an Essay? Sample
    In-class Essay
    Week 2
    Feb. 4 Plato, “Allegory of the Cave”
    Brainstorming and Outlining
    Brainstorm Essay 1
    Week 3
    Feb. 11 No Class: President’s Day
    Week 4
    Feb. 18 Malcolm X, “Learning to Read” Draft Essay #1
    Formatting and Citing
    Peer Review Essay 1
    Week 5
    Feb. 25 Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue” Formal Essay #1
    Deborah Tannen, “Conversational Styles”
    Week 6
    March 4 Gregory Mantsios, “Class in America”
    Week 7
    March 11 Leona Okakok, “Serving the Purpose of Education”
    Jean Anyon, from Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work
    Brainstorm Essay 2
    Week 8
    March 18 Henry David Thoreau, “Where I Lived and What I Lived for” Draft Essay #2
    Immanuel Kant, “What Is Enlightenment”
    Peer Review Essay 2
    Week 9
    March 25 Albert J. Beveridge, “The March of the Flag” Formal Essay #2
    Joel Andreas, chapters from Addicted to War
    Week 10
    April 1 Katha Pollitt, “Boys Don‟t Play with Dolls”
    Jean Kilbourne, „Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt‟: Advertising and Violence”
    Brainstorm Essay #3
    Week 11
    April 8 Simone De Beauvoir, “Woman as Other” Draft Essay #3
    Carmen Vasquez, “Appearances”
    Peer Review Essay #3
    Week 12
    April 15 Race: The Power of an Illusion, Part I (Video) Formal Essay #3
    Brent Staples, “Black Men and Public Space”
    Week 13
    April 22 No Class: Spring Break
    Week 14
    April 29 Formal Essay #4: In-class Practice Exam Formal Essay #4
    Week 15
    May 6 Exam Prep
    Week 16
    May 13 Departmental Final Exam
    *This schedule is subject to change.

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